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राष्ट्रगोप (rASTragopa)

 
Capeller Eng
English
राष्ट्रगोप
m.
king (lit. protector of a kingdom).
Monier Williams Cologne
English
राष्ट्र—गोप
m.
a guardian or protector of a k°,
AitBr.
Vedic Reference
English
Rāṣṭra-gopa, ‘protector of the realm, is the epithet applied,
in the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa (viii. 25), to the Purohita, whose
special charge it was to preserve the king and realm from harm
by his spells and rites.